Xero partners with Anthropic to put small business finances inside Claude

Xero, the New Zealand-founded accounting platform used by 4.6 million subscribers worldwide, announced on Wednesday a multi-year partnership with Anthropic that will embed Claude directly into its product and, more unusually, bring Xero’s financial data into Claude.ai itself. The deal means small business owners will be able to ask Claude questions about their cash flow, overdue invoices, and profit margins without leaving Anthropic’s chatbot.

The integration works in two directions. Inside Xero, the company’s existing AI assistant JAX (Just Ask Xero), which launched in September 2025, will be powered by Claude’s reasoning capabilities to automate financial workflows: tracking cash flow, flagging unpaid invoices, analysing revenue and profit performance, and suggesting actions. Inside Claude.ai, users will be able to connect their Xero accounts and work with live financial data for business planning, scenario modelling, and year-end analysis without switching between tools.

Xero’s engineering ...